FRAMINGHAM — The Framingham Legion team entered Sunday in 11th place in District 4, but they ended the day with a lot of positive momentum.Post 74 defeated Cherry Valley (6-7) by a score of 4-3 in their first game of the day and won 3-0 over Wachusett (7-4) in their second to bring their record to an even 5-5."It feels great," said Framingham pitcher Jayson Brouillard, who pitched a complete game shutout against Wachuett. "We've been working hard all season for it and finally we got back to .500 and in the race to make the playoffs and do something good this season.""Today was a huge day," said Post 74's No. 5 hitter Matt Cronin. "The first game was a good solid win, we played great defense again. And to come back and get (the second) one, it just puts us back on the right track."In addition to making some great plays at first base in the first game, Cronin provided two of the three RBIs in the second game.In the bottom of the first against Wachusett, Framingham's Nick Constantine led off with a walk. After No. 2 hitter Corey Lerner struck out, Andrew Mooney reached on an error by Wachusett second baseman Ryan Brodin. Jake O'Brien then walked to load the bases and set up a long single by Cronin that scored Constantine and Mooney.Cronin pulled the ball to right field and Wachusett's Chris Chianese seemed to be getting ready to catch the ball but misjudged it as it fell well behind him. Because of the confusion and since Cronin got under the ball quite a bit, he was held to a single and O'Brien was held at second."I didn't think it was going to go out," Cronin said. "I kind of was just running, but I was surprised when I only got to first. I was rounding the base, I don't know what happened."After Cronin, designated hitter Marco Roffo – who didn't play in the first game – singled to left to load the bases again. Julian Tamburro then walked home O'Brien to give Framingham a 3-0 lead, which they would hold on to, but not without scares in the second, fourth and fifth.Brouillard pitched his way out of a one out, bases loaded jam in the top of the second, as well as a situation with runners on first and second and no outs in the top of the fourth. In the top of the fifth, Cronin – who played left field in the second game – threw out Brodin at the plate to end the inning and preserve the shutout.In the first game, Post 74 went down 1-0 before scoring three runs on six singles in the bottom of the second. Cherry Valley tied it at 3-3 in the top of the fourth before Mooney drove in Lerner with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth to give Framingham the 4-3 win. A.J. Tunno started on the mound for Post 74 and went four innings, allowing three runs, two of which were earned. Brian LeBlanc threw three scoreless innings in relief and got the win."Every team in this zone is good," said Framingham manager Bunkie Smith, whose team evened the season series with both Cherry Valley and Wachusett. "That first game is a tough one, you get that first one and then you get a little momentum going into the second game."(We) beat two quality teams and the kids really played well today. We got great pitching performances out of A.J. in the first game and Brouillard in the second game. I'm very pleased."Smith would have been even more pleased if Framingham hadn't stranded 10 runners in scoring position, five in each game."We still have to get that timely hit," Smith said. "But when you play good defense and you get good pitching, you don't need too many runs to win the game."

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